Zach Eflin tied for the American League lead with his 14h win, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Mariners 6-3 on Sunday to take three of four in a series between playoff contenders.
Tampa Bay has a 7 1/2-game lead over Toronto for the top AL wild card and 8 1/2-game advantage over Seattle, which is in the final wild card spot. The Rays started play four games behind Baltimore in the AL East, while Seattle trailed AL West-leading Houston by 1 1/2 games.
“We’ll be energized tomorrow,” Servais added. “Us and about 40,000 of our dearest friends hopefully will be at the ballpark to get behind us. We need it. We’re dragging a little bit.” Four pitchers combined for scoreless, two-hit relief, with Pete Fairbanks working the ninth to for his 21st save in 23 chances. The Rays’ bullpen has not allowed an earned run in its last 21 2/3 innings.It took the Rays just 11 pitches to score three times in the first off Bryce Miller . Yandy Díaz had a leadoff single, Brandon Lowe walked, Harold Ramírez hit a two-run double and Josh Lowe had a run-scoring doulble.